Player of a Ruined World - Chapter 134

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Player of the Ruined World – Episode 134
“Behind you, Baek Doyun!!”
Kim Hanna’s voice rang out from somewhere nearby.
She must have been desperate—even her usual formal speech had abandoned her.
I sensed it too.
The killing intent emanating from behind my back.
Without time to turn around, I reversed my grip on the curved blade and assumed a defensive stance.
Whoooosh!!
Long strands of hair wrapped around the blade like arrows, pulling with tremendous force.
If it wanted the sword, it could have it.
Rather than resist futilely, I released my grip on the hilt.
The curved blade receded rapidly from my vision, dragged by the hair.
It was the Seventh Mutant.
So there was a Seventh Mutant in Daegu Downtown as well.
I’d thought such a rare variant would be difficult to find, but the Seventh Mutant appeared far more frequently than I’d anticipated.
“Kaaaaahhh!!!”
“Graaahhh!!”
Crack!!! Crunch- Snap! Bang!!
I drove my fists into the faces of approaching Zombies while opening my inventory.
The curved blade the Seventh Mutant had taken had already returned to my inventory.
Using only Balhwa wouldn’t be enough to handle the Seventh Mutant efficiently.
To finish things quickly, I’d need to deploy another Skill—but that presented a problem.
‘It’s a race against time.’
The high-tier Mutants already in Daegu Downtown had reached this location.
Some might have even come from farther away.
Thirty minutes had already passed since my coordinates were marked.
If a Stage 5 Mutant was coming, it would arrive from Seoul to Daegu in roughly an hour and a half—or less.
Which meant….
“If you’re coming, come fast.”
I muttered the words aloud, clenching my fists.
“Frenzy.”
Shhhhhhh-!
Ding-!
[Frenzy Lv. 3: For the duration of 1 hour, you gain immunity to viruses and status ailments, and all physical abilities increase threefold.]
-While Frenzy is active, you can use the Target Acquisition function 3 times, with each effect lasting 30 minutes.
-Cooldown: 12 hours.
Whoooosh-!
As Frenzy activated, the thick fog obscuring my vision vanished, and I could now see the Zombies and Mutants around me with perfect clarity.
“Damn, there are so many.”
Was it the adrenaline already surging through my veins?
My heart raced with exhilaration rather than fear.
“Target acquired. All Stage 5 Mutants.”
[All Mutants corresponding to Stage 5 rank detected.]
Countless violet shadows flooded my vision—an endless sea of them.
The enhanced Mutant Zombies registered as Stage 5, and I could even spot the enhanced Giant Zombies.
Unfortunately, the Seventh Mutant and beyond did not register as Stage 5 Mutants.
Perhaps because they weren’t at No Way Home, I needed to use a separate skill to detect them.
“Target acquired. New Mutants, Seventh Variant and above.”
[Newly added Mutants detected.]
Only then did the Seventh Mutants come into view.
In the distance, there was even one that appeared to be an Eighth Mutant Variant mixed among them.
“Kim Hanna! Are you alright?!”
I called out to Kim Hanna, who was handling the Zombies from a distance. She wiped the blood from her face with her sleeve as she answered.
“I’m fine!”
“Leave the Zombies to me!”
“What?!”
“I’ll handle the Mutants first and come back!”
Boom!!
I kicked off the ground and launched forward. Kim Hanna let out a roar toward the Zombies filling the plaza.
“Graaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!”
Kim Hanna had activated the Zombie King’s call.
The Zombies in the area temporarily obeyed her command and began attacking the Street Zombies in unison.
“What?”
I tore through the Zombies and plunged directly into the Seventh Mutant’s embrace. It recoiled in shock and extended its right hand.
“No.”
Slash!
I severed the Seventh Mutant’s arm and twisted the blade toward its carotid artery.
Slash!
The Mutant’s head came clean off.
Tap-tap-tap!
Simultaneously, I sensed the Water Demon approaching from 10 meters behind.
By now, I could distinguish the type of Mutant by footsteps alone.
I delivered a spinning kick to the severed head of the Seventh Mutant.
Like a soccer ball, the Seventh Mutant’s head flew and struck the Water Demon’s face.
The massive face was caught off-guard by the sudden projectile, causing the Water Demon to stumble momentarily.
“Can’t afford to hesitate.”
By the time I delivered the kick, I had already closed the distance to the Water Demon’s feet.
It belatedly registered my position and opened its mouth wide.
Thud!
I drove my curved blade straight through its gaping maw and pierced its cervical spine.
And then.
Schwick!!
I twisted the blade to wrench free the curved sword buried deep, then severed the heads of the charging Zombies.
During the 30 minutes that Target Acquisition remained active, I had to eliminate as many Stage 5 Mutants as possible.
I tracked my prey relentlessly, like a blood-starved beast that knew no rest.
Boom—! Boom—!
The footsteps of the reinforced Giant Zombie echoed, and beyond it appeared a Stage 5 Mimicry Species.
It seemed intent on hiding behind the Giant Zombie to ambush me, but with Target Acquisition active, I had no blind spots.
Target Acquisition even granted me X-ray vision.
Crash!!
I kicked off the ground and launched myself upward.
Like a rocket fired from the earth, I shot up toward the Giant Zombie’s lower jaw without hesitation.
The Giant Zombie, belatedly noticing a single fly approaching, frantically moved both arms.
The Giant Zombie tried to crush me like swatting a mosquito with both hands.
Whoosh!
As I thrust vertically through the air, the Giant Zombie ended up clapping its hands in empty space.
Whoosh—!
I kicked off its back and moved toward its face.
Crack!!!!
I drove my fist forward.
The Giant Zombie’s face caved inward, its eyes squeezing shut.
Its upper body tilted slightly backward.
Grab!
I seized its scalp and pushed off into the air once more.
Its tilting upper body snapped backward rapidly, and its skull slammed into the ground first.
Boom!!!
The Stage 5 Mimicry Species hiding behind the reinforced Giant Zombie watched in horror as a massive wall fell from the sky.
It barely dodged, but both its legs were pinned beneath the Giant Zombie’s body.
“Kyaaaaaaah!!”
As its ankles twisted, the Mimicry Species shrieked and flailed its arms wildly.
“I’ll make it painless.”
I climbed onto its back, grabbed its head with both hands.
Crunch-crunch-crunch-crunch—!! Snap!!! Rip!!
I twisted its head with all my strength and tore it free.
Flesh tore as its long spine was ripped out.
Whoosh—!
As I wielded the Stage 5 Mimicry Species’ long spine like a whip, the Street Zombies’ upper bodies snapped like straws.
“Gross, disgusting? It’s disgusting.”
“A monster? It’s a monster, isn’t it? It’s a monster.”
“Must capture it. Must capture? Must capture it.”
Beyond the whip, identical creatures came into view.
Stage 5 Mutants.
I rolled my eyes quickly and spotted a purple-tinged human silhouette on the 4th floor of a building roughly 30 meters to my left.
The main body.
I seized the elongated spine and swung the hard skull like a war hammer.
“Haaah!”
I hurled it directly toward where the Stage 5 Mutant’s main body was located.
Crash!!!
The Mimicry Species’ head shattered through the 4th floor glass and burst inside.
The Cutting Type main body hiding there panicked and began fleeing desperately from the sudden attack.
I couldn’t let it escape.
I ignored the zombies and cells, charging toward the 4-story building.
Boom!!
With Frenzy and Balhwa still active, along with the Baldo draw effect.
A distance of 30 meters was nothing—I could cover it in a single leap.
As I passed through the shattered window and entered the interior, the Cutting Type main body had already vanished from sight.
It wouldn’t matter.
Escape was impossible from me once I activated Target Acquisition.
I opened my eyes wide and scanned the entire building, spotting the Cutting Type main body moving toward the emergency exit.
Crash!! Bang! Bang!!
I smashed through the building’s interior walls with my gloved fists, reached the emergency exit in one breath, and leaped from the 4th floor down to the 1st.
“Eeek!”
The Cutting Type main body shrieked in terror and fell backward on its rear.
It scrambled up hastily and tried to climb the stairs again.
Whoosh—
I drew the Baldo from its sheath in an instant and slashed horizontally.
Clang—! Screech—!
The steel emergency exit railing and the Cutting Type main body’s neck were severed cleanly in one stroke.
Ding—!
[Time Remaining: 5 minutes]
A System Message appeared before my eyes.
I couldn’t help but twitch the corner of my eye at the sight.
Ah, that’s right.
I had the point message alert disabled, but the Cutting Type main body had a unique setting unlike other Stage 5s.
If the cells found another host within 5 minutes, they could survive without dying.
The possible hosts now were either me or my companions at the Brain Research Institute.
Regardless of how many cells there were, it didn’t matter at this point.
I bolted out of the building, and the cells that spotted me immediately turned their attention in this direction.
“Found it, found it? Found it.”
“Catch it, catch it? Catch that thing.”
Creatures rushing at me for the sake of survival.
But that’s a miscalculation on their part.
No different from moths drawn to flame.
Shhwooooooosh!!!
Without blinking, I severed every cell that rushed toward me, and for good measure, I sliced through the Street Zombies charging mindlessly as well.
Shudder—
As a massive shadow loomed overhead, I turned my head to look.
Shhwaaaack—!!
Acidic liquid cascaded down onto the crown of my head.
Right, it wouldn’t be complete without this one.
I watched the acidic solution from the Stage 5 Liquefaction Type pouring down from above.
‘Was the Liquefaction Type’s attack always this slow?’
Or perhaps my physical abilities had risen to an absurd level.
Before, it seemed to pour down as rapidly as floodgates opening, but now it appeared as slow as viscous tar.
Using the Street Zombies’ heads as stepping stones, I evaded all the cascading acidic solution.
While melting the bodies of the Cutting Type Cells and Zombies in the process.
Sizzzzzzle—!
Nauseating stench accompanied by billowing smoke.
How should I take down the Liquefaction Type?
If I use Shockwave, couldn’t I pierce straight through the Liquefaction Type’s core in one strike?
The problem is, I’m not sure if using Shockwave now is the right call.
It might be better to save it for the Eighth Mutant Variant….
Whoooosh—
Boom!!!
At that moment, a bullet fired from somewhere struck the Liquefaction Type’s face directly.
With a deafening explosion, the Liquefaction Type’s upper body collapsed and scattered in all directions.
—We’ll provide cover for the Liquefaction Type.
Park Sanghun’s voice followed, resonating in my mind.
The Shooters at the Brain Research Institute weren’t just handling the Zombies in the plaza.
They seemed to have come quite far from the plaza, yet they had tracked my position.
With that level of firepower, it seemed the Shooter had used all their skills.
‘This isn’t the time for that.’
As the Liquefaction Type’s head burst open, the core became clearly visible.
I gripped the curved blade and hurled it directly at the core.
Crack—!
The curved blade pierced through the core and flew all the way to the edge of the sky.
The Liquefaction Type died, and the remaining body flowed down to the ground.
Dodging the flowing acidic solution, my eyes never stopped scanning.
I’d defeated quite a few, yet Stage 5 Mutants continued to multiply.
Yes, this is what a proper ending episode should look like.
I clenched both fists and focused on the creatures shimmering with violet light.
Since things had come to this, I would kill them all.
A cure and vaccine?
Unnecessary.
When the battle ended, I would slaughter every last Zombie until none remained to treat.
With that resolve hardened, I surrendered myself to the depths of Frenzy.

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“Check the right outer wall.”
“Yes.”
The group at the Shelter began backing away cautiously.
A Stage 3 Mimicry Species and a Water Demon had crossed the barricade and entered the district.
One bus had finished reinforcement, but another remained.
Lee Kwanghyun loaded the students onto the reinforced bus, then positioned himself against the side of the other bus with Jo Yunhwan.
“Do you hear footsteps?”
“It doesn’t sound like just one.”
“Damn it…”
The Stage 3 Mimicry Species that had been circling the Shelter.
After dealing with it, they began reinforcing the bus.
In that moment, an unfamiliar voice reached Lee Kwanghyun’s ears.
The sobbing cry of an unknown woman.
At first, he thought one of the Shelter’s survivors was crying.
But noticing something odd about the intensity of the sobbing, Lee Kwanghyun tracked the sound and discovered a Water Demon huddled in the corner of the district, whimpering.
Memories from when he was in Haengdang-dong suddenly surfaced in Lee Kwanghyun’s mind.
Knowing that prolonged exposure to the Water Demon’s sobbing would cause mental confusion, he unhesitatingly shouldered his rifle.
From a distance, it appeared to be Stage 3, so he believed he could handle it.
Bang!!
With all his Skills active, he pulled the trigger, and his bullet struck the Water Demon’s head with precision.
Yet the Water Demon, shot in the head, bled and hid behind a wall.
There was no time to regret failing to eliminate it in one shot.
‘I need to stop them from hearing it.’
Prolonged exposure to the Water Demon’s cry would cause mental confusion, so Lee Kwanghyun quickly loaded the students onto the bus for their safety.
The modification ability that began with the Hellhound.
It was to receive the effect of blocking all mental confusion symptoms.

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